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oogle image search index same ALT tag on ALL my images (WTF!)

by zukka
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I have a problem with my blog ( MEME and LOL - Best Funny Pictures, MEMES and GIF ) and the problem is that when google image index my main page (note: only index.php) it takes the blogs titel (in this case: "MEME and LOL - Funny MEMES and Funny LOL") and adds this as ALT tags to all the images on my main page (not single posts). This creates tons of duplicate ALT tags since all the images on all my index pages (right now 290 pages) gets the same ALT tags instead of the unique ALT tag that i have given all my images.

and here comes the strange part.

If i remove the blogs title (no name) so that my blog doesnt have any name (Blank settings) all my images on the index pages get the right ALT tag as they should have from the beginning.

So if i have the blogs name as title, all images get the same alt tag as the blog title (NOTE that when i check the source code, the correct alt tags are there for every image). but if i remove the blogs title and use a blank name, all the images get the correct alt tag. but my pages looses its title and will not have any name on google search (not google image search).

I am using the following SEO plugins: Yoast WordPress SEO and SEO Friendly images and i have tried to deactivate those and tried new plugins without any results so its not the plugin causing this.

This problem is really getting irritating and ive tried to find a solution for this for a month now without any results so im hoping that one of you guys can help me fix this

Note that this problem is only on my main pages / index.php and NOT single.php / post files.

Please see the attached screenshots for more info:

http://i.imgur.com/lNLzdVU.jpg

http://i.imgur.com/fIW1F4G.jpg
#alt #image #images #index #oogle #search #tag #wtf
  • Profile picture of the author alex93
    Have you tried redoing this search removing the setting on "last 24 hours"?

    I also noticed those pages have little to no meta descriptions, and the <h1> headers are mentioned 7 times on that page for different keywords, usually you apply one keyword to the <h1> headers.

    You may also have a problem trying to rank the page via images, usually this is designed for text, not images, see this thread on Moz, it really relates to you, I think you also might have to restructure that a little.

    How will it effect SEO to have multiple h1 tags on a page? | Moz Q&A

    Make sure you read the whole thread, specifically the comments pertaining to using images as the main <h1> with lack of text on the homepage, might also want to lengthen your metas to more than 2 keywords.

    I thought the image problem you had searching is caused by searching homepage without being keyword specific in relation to the image you want to look at, therefore it is showing all images on that page without alt tags, it is only a theory.

    Have you tried searching the same again, with the domain name and the keyword of one of those images that does not show all.

    Example :

    Google search ------------------------------------ input your site name and the name of one of the images on the homepage in the search field, if it shows the alt tag for that image, it is working correctly, the reason it may not show it, you have not been keyword specific, so it just shows all images for that url when you put it in.

    Just a thought or two, I think had you placed the keyword of the alt tag next to the domain name in search, it will probably list the image and the alt description underneath.

    From checking one of the images, it does look like the alt tag is in place, as when you hoover the mouse over images, it tells you what the image is about, hence it seems to be working, it probably just down to not being specific in your search, which other people online will be when searching for a particular image in Google.

    Alex
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